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Monday, 22 May 2017

Lecturer Impregnated Me, Rejects Pregnancy, Says Nursing Student

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wasn’t me, I used condom – Lecturer

A
lecturer at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, Dr
Oluseyi Adu, and a Dental Nursing student, Mosunmola, are embroiled in a row
over who is responsible for the pregnancy that the nursing student is carrying.Mosunmola,
who is nine months pregnant, alleged that Adu was responsible for the child in
her womb, adding that they had sex in a hotel sometime in August, 2016.She said
the lecturer beat her up last month when she confronted him at the college for
avoiding her, adding that the case was already at the Ilese Police Station.However,
while Adu admitted to having sex with the 28-year-old, he insisted that he used
contraceptive, saying the lady seduced him and he gave in to the temptation.Mosunmola
told our correspondent that she underwent a three-year course at the college,
adding that several lecturers had asked her out before Adu, but she refused.She said,
“Dr Adu is the Oral Health Coordinator for the college. During my three years
study, he taught me two courses each semester. I have never failed his course.“When I
got to second semester, 300 level, he awarded me 38 in one of his courses. I
went to his office in August 2016 to know why I failed the course. I needed to
pass all my courses to be able to go for my board exam.

“He asked
me if I thought I could just come to the school and go like that. He said if I
dated him, he would waive the course. He said he didn’t approach me in 100
level because another lecturer was interested in dating me.“The
lecturer he mentioned told me in 100 level that it was either I paid him money
or used my body to pass his course. Because I didn’t agree, I failed his
course. I didn’t pass it until I got to 300 level.“I told
Adu that I would date him, but I didn’t want to have any problem, and he
assured me that there would be no regret.”The
victim said the lecturer took her to the office of the Head of Department and
after some discussions, it was agreed that she could sit for the board exam.After the
board exam at POGIL College of Health Technology, Oke-Eri, Ijebu Ode, on August
21, Adu, who was among those on the panel, was said to have given Mosunmola
some of his practical instruments and a laptop for safekeeping.However,
Mosunmola said when the school bus arrived to take the students back to the
school, she forgot to give the practical instruments back to the lecturer.She said
Adu later called and asked her to bring the instruments to a hotel where he
lodged.“I was
preparing to leave when he called me back that I would be sleeping over with
him.“I met
him with another lecturer in my department. I observed that the lecturer also
had a female student with him. From the hotel, we went to different places
before we finally lodged in another hotel along Ilese Road. While I was with
Adu in a room, my other classmate passed the night with the second lecturer in
another room.“We had
three rounds of sex. He didn’t release on time. He used two condoms for the
first two rounds. The third round was, however, flesh-to-flesh. That was when
he ejaculated inside me,” she explained.She said
the lecturer dropped her off at home and they continued their relationship,
until she stopped seeing her menstruation a few weeks later.The Ogun
State indigene said she became worried after she started vomiting, adding that
she took a pregnancy test, which was positive.She said
when Adu heard the news, he reluctantly accepted responsibility, but allegedly
gave her a drug, Eprostol, to abort the pregnancy.She said,
“I refused to take the drug because the prescription was not from a medical
doctor. He came down to my place to persuade me to take the drug, but I still
refused. He asked me what I wanted and I told him that I needed to change my
accommodation because the pregnancy was a shameful thing for me. He told me not
to worry, that he would handle it. After that, we had sex.“When he
left that day, I could not find my phone again. By the time I got another phone
and called him, he started acting funny. Sometime, he would just laugh at me.”PUNCH
Metro learnt that several people had attempted to mediate in the situation
without any success.Mosunmola
said attempts by Adu’s HOD, dean, and provost to mediate were rebuffed by the
lecturer.The
victim said she later approached the Human Rights Office of the Ogun State
Ministry of Justice at Ijebu-Ode, where a lawyer, one Kolade, called the
parties for a meeting.Adu was
reported to have agreed to pay N5,000 feeding allowance per month, in addition
to paying N7,000 for ante-natal registration.After
paying the allowance for two months, Adu reportedly stopped.The
parties reportedly held another meeting in March at the human rights office to
review the agreement.Conflict
was said to have broken out among the parties when Mosunmola presented a list
of things required for her delivery, which she valued at N50,000.Adu was
said to have insisted on paying N30,000, which the 28-year-old refused.“I didn’t
have any accommodation and I couldn’t buy any of the drugs the doctors
prescribed for me. I told him I would only manage the N50,000. He left in
annoyance.“Since
March, the lawyer didn’t call us back and Adu refused to pay the N5,000 he used
to give me every month. I called the lawyer late March and asked him to help me
get the N30,000, but the lawyer said I should not call him again,” she said.After
reporting the lecturer to the Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of
Health, where Adu also worked, without any result, Mosunmola said she became
desperate and went to the college on April 13 when she knew Adu would be taking
a class.She said
while pleading with him for money for her medical expenses, the lecturer
assaulted her.She said
some people intervened and she reported a case of assault to the police at the
Ilese division, Ijebu Ode.“I am now
in my 38 weeks and anytime soon, I will have my child. I am an orphan and I
don’t have any of my baby items ready. I am begging Nigerians to come to my
rescue. I know I have made a mistake, but I need a second chance at life. I
don’t have anywhere to go. It is a church that is accommodating me now,” she
said.When our
correspondent reached out to Adu to appeal to him to raise the N50,000 for the
baby things, he said he had no money and would not borrow because Mosunmola had
turned him to a “cash cow.”He said
he had already informed his wife about the incident, adding that there was
nothing that could surprise him again as he had lost his credibility over the
incident.Adu said,
“She was one of my students; but on a personal level, I never knew her until
after they released her final results and she failed some courses, including
mine.“Her HOD asked
her to come and ask me if I could waive the course for her. She called me on
the phone and came to see me in the office. That was my first contact with this
lady. When she made her request, I met her HOD who said I should assist her. He
said even if I did, she might not sit for the board exam because of the other
courses she failed. So, I passed her.“When
they sat for the board exam, I was surprised to see her and I asked her HOD why
she wrote the exam when she had other courses she failed. He said people begged
for her.“After
the board exam, she came to thank me for the assistance and she asked to carry
my bag and the instruments I used to conduct the exam. By the time she was
leaving, I collected my bag from her, but I forgot my instruments with her.“That
day, I went to hang out with my friend at the pool of a hotel where we lodged.
Suddenly, I remembered my instruments and I called her to keep them well. But
she said she could come to where I was and she came. After dropping the
instruments, she didn’t leave as I expected and I decided not to bother her.“We were
together at the hotel till evening. One thing led to the other. My brother, she
slept in my room that night and we had (sexual) intercourse. This was a girl I
never dated or had any relationship with.”He said
by weekend, Mosunmola called him that she was pregnant, adding that she later
said she was only joking about it and wanted to see his reaction.Adu said
the call made him to stop communicating with Mosunmola and he did not respond
anytime she called, until she sent him a text message saying the pregnancy had
become real.He said,
“I decided to travel down to Ijebu to see her. She brought out the test result
and said I was responsible. I told her I used a condom and she couldn’t tell me
that my condom burst. She said if I was afraid because I was married, I should
not bother because the pregnancy actually belonged to her boyfriend and she
merely wanted to see my reaction. I warned her and left.“The next
time she called me, she said how would she take my pregnancy to her boyfriend,
and that I should take responsibility for it. She said she would abort the
pregnancy if I wanted her to, but I must rent a house for her in Ijebu Ode and
then she described the kind of house she wanted.“When I
heard that, I told her to do her worst, because it was obvious to me that she
just wanted to blackmail me. She had been going round different places, telling
people that I impregnated her. The question I ask is, did I rape her? Did I hypnotize
her? You came to meet me where I was and we had fun, and now you are pregnant,
and you are telling me I am responsible for a pregnancy I am denying?”He said
before Mosunmola could reach his wife, he quickly reported himself to her and
begged for her forgiveness.The
medical practitioner said he reluctantly agreed to pay the N5,000 after much
persuasion by the human rights lawyer, adding that he regretted the agreement
because Mosunmola used it to make more demands on him.“When she
brought the list for the baby things, I asked her, ‘Why are you making me as if
I am the father of your baby? Am I your husband?“She
suddenly flared up and said I should even go away that she didn’t want anything
from me again. She cursed me and after that encounter, I decided to stop giving
her anything,” he added.He said
Mosunmola came to attack him during the lecture. He said she was about
stripping him naked when he forcefully detached himself from her.Adu
explained that the case of assault against him at the Ilese division had been thrown
out after he told the police the student was the aggressor.“People
impregnate people and nothing happens. Why is she treating me as if I had done
something criminal?“The
worst that will happen now is for me to die. I am not a young man; if I die, people
will cry and I will be done.“But I
also ask myself, what if the pregnancy is mine? My prayer now is for her to
deliver safely and we will determine the paternity of the child,” he said.The Ogun
State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he would get back
to our correspondent after speaking with the Ilese DPO.He had
yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.-Punch